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Friday, January 28, 2011

Dulce de Leche Ice Cream

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I've made a slight change to the dessert menu for Super Bowl Sunday. Rather than serve sundaes, I've decided to make ice cream sandwiches using dulce de leche ice cream and chocolate wafer cookies. I think they'll make for easier clean-up and might actually be a better fit for our extremely casual menu. This is, hands down, one of the easiest and best ice creams I've ever made. It uses no sugar or eggs, and its sweetness comes from dulce de leche, a thick, caramel flavored sauce that is popular in Latin America. The canned sauce can be found in most large grocery stores, but it can also be made quite easily at home. Homemade versions of the sauce are the only available option for folks living in areas where dulce de leche is not available or is too expensive for them to purchase. The classic sauce is a mix of milk and sugar that is cooked and stirred for hours on end. The sauce that I use is much easier and can be made in one of two ways. Both begin with cans of sweetened condensed milk that are stripped of their paper labels. To make the stovetop version, you'll need to poke two small holes in the lid of a condensed milk can and place it, upright, in a heavy bottomed pot that's been filled with water that comes about a quarter of an inch below the top of the can. The milk is simmered in the can for 3 hours and during that time the water level is kept constant. The method I use is simpler still. I place the cans on their sides in a 5 quart crock-pot, cover them with hot water by at least an inch and cook them, covered, on HIGH power for eight hours. Whichever method you use, be careful when removing the cans from water. They are screeching hot and can cause severe burns. When the cans come to room temperature the sauce, which will be quite thick, is ready to use. It is dissolved in a mixture of milk and heavy cream and quick-chilled before being poured into an ice cream maker. I think you'll like this ice cream. It is delicious and nearly effortless to make. The recipe was originally developed by Mariana Crespo for Gourmet magazine. Here's how the ice cream is made.

Directions:1) Bring milk and cream just to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, then remove from heat and whisk in dulce de leche until dissolved. Whisk in vanilla and transfer to a metal bowl. Quick-chill by putting bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stirring occasionally until cold, 15 to 20 minutes.2) Freeze mixture in ice cream maker until almost firm, then fold in pecans.3) Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 1 hour. Yield: 1-1/2 quarts.

I made dulce de leche for the first time during Christmas...its sooo good. I actually had mine on the stove top for three hours because I was nervous to do the can method, but I will have to give it a try because I got tired of having to stir it a ton! The icecream sounds amazing!

I've got to stop coming here in the morning... everything you post makes me so hungry....and ice cream is no exception! Good tip on making the dulce de leche too...I just found that little crockpot trick out!

Hello dear Mary! Currently I saliva front of the screen while watching this nice bowl of ice cream with one of my favorite flavors. Since I love making ice cream, I note the recipe to try soon. Have a nice day! Caroline B.

Great idea to make ice cream sandwiches, particularly with this fabulous ice cream. Great tips on making Dulce de Leche from scratch too. You're responsible for my finally finding a use for the crock pot. Ha.

Hi Mary-Dulce de Leche is one of my all time favorite ice creams, and I love your version of it. I browsed through your other posts, and I'm loving each and every one of your creations.What I also found intriguing is how you find time to post every day, and be linking each of your recipes to other bloggers. No wonder you have so many followers. That is so generous of you! Thank you so much for your kind comment on my blog, and for sure I'm following your blog. I don't want to miss out on your posts, and beautiful photos of your foods!Have a wonderful weekend!

I've been making Martha Stewart's ice cream cookies for years... they are great... this would be a wonderful ice cream to put between the chocolate cookies.. I love dulce de leche! WHat a lucky group you have to get these for game day, very lucky!

Mary - thank you for stopping by my site. I am so glad you did, because I was able to discover yours!Dulce de Leche ice cream is one of my daughters favorites - it is nice to have a new recipe for it to try on her!

Oh man this looks so good!!!! Now what is the difference between dulce de leche and caramel? I've always wondered about that. What section of the store would this be in? This also seems to have less fat then regular ice cream.

Now you've done it, Mary! My two favorite things: ice cream and dulce de leche...and together yet!Oh dear. I wish I weren't dieting!Copying this for when I'm NOT! So hard to write and read food blogs when you're counting calories.

Mary has struck my heart again!!! I am making this for a birthday party on Tuesday. Found the dulce de leche in the Hispanic section of Walmart...but, of course, I am in the deep south!! Cannot wait to taste this!! Susan

Hello: I have just written a comment on another blog that I love ice cream, but I never prepare them at home. The same as regards bread....maybe because my kitchen is too small and I do not have enough space for the equipment I would like to have :)Anyway, I love dulce de leche ice cream; my favorite is haagens dazs (I know, it is an industrial company, but I like their ice cream).Best regards, Magdalena

Mary, I never knew that you could make the caramel sauce in a crockpot. How wonderful! I've always been intimidated to try to make it in a saucepan. The crockpot scares me a little less. Thank you for this recipe! I sure wish that I could be at your house for Super Bowl Sunday. Yum!

Fantastic! For the longest time the markets around me did not have the canned D de L and I had to use the crock pot method. I never liked that much planning ahead stuff. This sounds like such a winner! Trevor Sis Boom.P.S. Thank you for such a lovely comment on my blog today. It really made my day! I will be back here for sure but I've already spent an hour here and my boss is going to get mad!

Hi Mary! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a sweet message. I'm so happy to hear that such a great blogger reads mine every now and then! I read yours often but don't comment much which I promise to change in the future. It means so much to hear what your readers think.

I have never cooked the Eagle Brand in the can to make Dulce de Leche but I have wanted to ever since I heard it call "Danger Pudding." Now if that's not enough to make me want to give it a try, I don't know what is.

Mary, WOW. WOW. WOW. Dulce de Leche is my absolute favorite! We really got into ice cream making last year, so I am anxious to try this. Thank you so much for coming by, I am sure glad I didn't miss this post!!!

My daughter did this for a party - salted toffee ice cream with homemade peanut butter cookies. It was killer. Then she did coconut pineapple ice cream with oatmeal cookies. Had them each wrapped in parchment and tied with twine. That way, they didn't get eaten, they stayed frozen and fresh in the freezer for another day!So, you have your menu set? This looks SCRUMPTIOUS.Wish I was coming!Valerie

I love dulce de leche. So delicious. And since I love ice cream I know I would like this. I did attempt to make this last summer. I went to my stash and could not find my can of dulce de leche. Major bummer. Now I have restocked my dulce de leche. I am armed and ready.

OMG uncanny, i made this for a dinner party recently... but when the guests came round one of them took the container out of the freezer to put in a bottle of vodka.... there was no icecream for them... but i had it in the morning! its.... SO.... GOOD!

Thankyou for sharing. If you have time feel free to drop by my blog. i have pics from the culinary olympics in germany... so inspirational!

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